FIRST TIME listening to DISTURBED - Sound of Silence REACTION

[@scottyb9896]

Few things can make me tear up let alone tears streaming! This guy continues to blow my mind!!! You the man Dave..

[@Sludgedragon]

I'm old and was used to the Simon and Garfunkel original, and I never thought it needed any improvement. But David Draiman and Disturbed knocks them out of the park. That voice! Best listened to with headphones at volume. This is what first got me interested in Disturbed and now I'm a fan.

[@annadreamsart9756]

Same. And I totally agree!

[@JPVNG67]

the original is the original , it has no comparison. This brilliant cover is in another tone and just adds how great is the original song.

[@floyd6545]

I just turned 61 and know exactly what you're saying. I can honestly say that I have never really listened to the words until this came out.

[@WatchingFromWork6636]

@@JPVNG67I disagree completely. Paul Simon wrote the song as a warning literally after waking from a dream. They sang it in that warning type way. Disturbed sang it in a manner that was scolding people for not listening to the warning. Both were and are appropriate for the time they were preformed.

[@JPVNG67]

nothing that i wrote is against what u said, yet its only your opinion like i have mine.@@WatchingFromWork6636

[@jimswaringen9589]

When he sang this live on the Conan show, he was actually sick and still knocked it out of this world. Absolutely worth your time.

[@xstatixtribalelectronicmus2787]

My wife and I heard them perform this song live August 1 in Alpharetta, Georgia, and it was absolutely flawless note for note😳🔥

[@jimgulley8835]

I think the version he sang on Conan was better and had better background music.

[@willasacco9898]

I don’t think it is an exaggeration to state that his live performance on Conan was almost life-changing for many people. I thought that I would have permanent goose bumps.

[@module79l28]

You mean, Auto Tune knocked it out of this world. Sad that the showbiz "ruined" that performance, really, because when we hear the live version in Houston with Myles Kennedy, we realise that it was completely unnecessary.

[@sunshynff]

No he wasn't

[@kommentato1328]

Disturbed lifted that song to a whole new level. Never did a cover overwhelm me - this one did big time.

[@IAT1964]

This version is FAAARRR better than the original.

[@michaellegendre951]

Check out Hurt by Johnny Cash 😢

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@IAT1964My Dad grew up with the original song. He raised me with the original as well. When I told him Disturbed had done a cover (he knew the band but didn't like how heavy they are), he laughed at the idea that they could even make a cover of that song sound good. It's been almost a decade since I got him to listen to it, and he still hasn't been able to pick a favourite. Neither have I.

[@adamskeans2515]

you should listen to Hurt by Johnny Cash.

[@markalbert9011]

I heard the original when I was 20yo in 1965 and loved it then and ever since. Paul McCartney once said that a good cover reveals something new to the listener. Using that as a criteria I think this might just be the greatest cover of all time, only Johnny Cash's Hurt or Elvis's cover of Bridge Over Troubled Waters are in contention.

[@scottchapin2323]

It's been said, that Simon & Garfunkel's version was the warning and Disturbed's is the reality. Pretty accurate.

[@michaeltrujillo1881]

Yes the original was the warning and this version is the result and the truth the best sound is the sound of silence

[@Abrxas01]

The lament

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i see it more the original was the warning and this version is the anger that said warning was ignored.

[@tntlassiter]

The people who said that were wrong!

[@scottchapin2323]

@@tntlassiter were they?

[@mrsouthie1569]

This and Johnny cash’s rendition of Hurt are by far my two favorite covers ever made

[@UltimateGamerCC]

facts

[@Vitaee13]

True dat

[@stephendickson9000]

Damn straight

[@markmarangi73]

Totally agree

[@antoniodagostino2291]

Trent resnor from nine inch nails who wrote and performed hurt said it now belongs to Johnny Cash after hearing his cover

[@villaincorp7728]

"Heavy Metal Singers CAN'T ACTUALLY SING", they said!!! David Draiman of Disturbed: "Here, hold my OH-WAH-AH-AH-AH!!!"

[@jacobrohwein3944]

In his younger years, Draiman was classically trained as a cantor, who is someone that sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue.

[@villaincorp7728]

oh i know!! he had "behavioral" issues.... like lighting a car on fire...@@jacobrohwein3944

[@hendrixhaskell4483]

No one said that lol.

[@villaincorp7728]

@@hendrixhaskell4483 🤣🤣😆😆🤣🤣

[@DM-zi4te]

People think “metal” singers just scream but it is actually a very difficult technique to properly add that “grit” to your voice without damaging your vocal folds. Also A++ for being able to add vibrato to it or seamlessly switch in and out of “grit” to “smooth” vocals. He is SO GOOD.

[@metalmark1214]

Surprised you had not heard this one yet Lilly. Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel who were the originator's of the song said David Draiman's version of this song was the best he had heard.

[@JuanHughJorgan]

Paul Simon never said that.....for like the millionth time. The email he sent to David is literally everywhere on the net and on Disturbed's website. Since you are probably to lazy to go look it up since you believe this anyways, here is what Paul Simon sent David after the show on Conan: "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I'd seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." That's it....

[@sunshynff]

@@JuanHughJorgan .....OMG...Thank you!!!! Someone that's actually NOT regurgitating some rumor they heard at the pub whilst doing Jäger bombs!!! Paul also started writing this song when he used to practice in the bathroom of his first apartment to get away from roommates, he said the tile gave a nice reverb, he'd turn off the lights, turn the water on to sound like he was using the bathroom and practice. One evening, "hello darkness my old friend" just fell out as he started strumming, and the rest, according to him, was stuff he heard in English Lit. that was full of brooding angst and he hoped it would impress the ladies. But hey, everyone else says Paul could tell the future and predicted all that came afterwards...lol.

[@JuanHughJorgan]

@@sunshynff Indeed! Most of the time, reality is far better and way more weird than the stuff that gets made up or misheard.

[@harrymetalhead3776]

Kinda gives ya hills don't it?

[@jamiehayes5888]

​@JuanHughJorgan nope they actually stated in an earlier interview the song is what he wanted his original to be like . You're welcome

[@anth5189]

As a fan of Simon and Garfunkel, Sound of Silence is one of the greatest songs ever written. David Draiman's version is the best I have ever heard.

[@JD-gn6du]

Simon and Garfunkle made it too upbeat, Davis Dariman does it in such a way you can feel the dark and macabre atmosphere of the lyrics of the song

[@SKN1763]

Totally agree!

[@janepowers6711]

This song debuted in 1964, was a huge hit. No one speaking down from the clouds, the message was & is clear. A different arrangement from original, with David Draiman, a trained vocalist with a powerful interpretation of song.

[@johnschutte71]

Phenomenal cover, he said in an interview the first time he heard it after singing it, he cried.

[@Onyx_Panther]

This IMO is one of the best covers I have ever heard. The striped down musical. Davids voice is just, haunting and powerful.

[@jaskau2462]

Go check out "Phantom of the Opera" cover by Nightwish (End of An Era Live 2005) and you'll have another stunning cover... In case you haven't already heard of that rendition. Same goes to : "High Hopes" (Pink Floyd cover) from the same particular live gig...😉 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙 💯 💥

[@jaskau2462]

🤩👍💥💯 🎶 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙

[@grantharriman284]

The resonance on that lead voice is INSANE. I will never get tired of it.

[@UncleD153]

In his younger years, Draiman was classically trained as a cantor, who is someone that sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue. But after being expelled from three different yeshivas and blowing up his high school rabbi's van, Draiman wasn't cut out for the seminary

[@Budini67]

But Synagogue was where he first found his voice and talent for singing. ❤🙏😇

[@Willifrex]

A cantor, that's super cool, does sound like some kind of wizard though XD

[@tghoran0369]

God had a different calling for him.

[@rhaje01]

This fact is what made the comparison of a "godlike" voice hit me. He was trained to sing "God's Word."

[@Com.Shep.N7]

Damn... That's a fully Metal story 😂🤘🏻

[@garymilner5486]

His version is absolutely‘BEAUTIFUL’!

[@ChristopherSteiner-hf2rt]

I think it is better then the original

[@eggstu]

He is classically trained and an incredible singer. This was everyone's shock when they released this song

[@suemoore6445]

He’s a classically trained Jewish Cantor, as his father and grandfather before him.

[@viggostenvard9906]

I have listened to this song/music video hundreds of times and it gives me CHILLS EVERY FREAKIN TIME!!!

[@wiccagirl2000]

IKR!!! Every single time!!!!!

[@Jasper0o0]

This is an epic cover. His voice with the instrumentation is so perfect, & always brings a tear to my eye.

[@garyrobb5341]

Loved your reaction and take on this. I was in college when Simon and Garfunkel did the song and overlooked it except for the line “the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.” He brings out the message so much more powerfully and it pertains even more now. You reflected that beautifully. Luv ya girlie! 😊

[@Keith-fk5wh]

He ran int Paul Simon at a party sometime after this was released. He said he was worried about his reaction to the restyling of one of his classics but Paul loved the way they had re-envisioned it.

[@TheHulk2008]

This is definitely the most incredible voicals I really have heard him sing. He really put his heart and soul into this.

[@jaimiesagerquist5]

A lot of metal screamers are amazing singers. It's always a treat when they choose to sing.

[@IAmNeomic]

Howard Jones is the perfect example of this. Incredible screamer, but his voice is so incredibly soulful when he sings.

[@robertmott-smith433]

When I was young, I liked this song. But this cover, just blew me away. Never had a song give me goose bumps, and spine chills at the same time. The lyrics hit hard.

[@saltlakesuperman]

Rare that a cover of an iconic song by iconic artists is anywhere close to good or better. This one does it justice.

[@Steve-vt8hl]

I saw them in 2019 when the "Evolution" album came out. When they played this song, he sang it THROUGH your soul, I had goosebumps over my entire body and it brought me to tears because he knows how to capture the attention of an audience. David Draiman IS a rock God.....PERIOD !!!!!

[@TofuBug24]

People sleep on David as a singer. His range, control, and technique are one of the best in the business. They've also done a cover every album. Land Of Confusion they covered from Genesis is amazing, and Shout 2000 (is a heavy update to Tears For Fears 84' song Shout)

[@RacconCity]

You sure

[@jimclifford1241]

Your reaction to this beautiful classic was amazing. Thank you, young lady.

[@judygodwin1777]

This definitely is a masterpiece. It actually penetrates your very soul.

[@rebeccasmith3016]

I heard this song for the first time two weeks ago and I swear it literally has changed my brain chemistry. It’s somehow beyond just music.

[@nate4036]

I love all genres of music but my all time favorite is Disturbed. David is simply amazing

[@dmj4966]

The story I heard is that this is the only cover of one of his songs Paul Simon has linked on his website. Hope this is true, it definitely deserves the shine

[@GMad-sc4uk]

The Official music video and the story it tells is a masterpiece in and of itself! 🙏🙏

[@Damien_D1977]

When I die this is the song that will be playing. This song has always been a favorite of mine from the original to this one. Cause well darkness is my friend.

[@Razic1984]

One of my favourite song's and on my playlist ❤️ he sing it so beautifully. Perfect performance

[@lawrencekoprowski6480]

I always get the chills on this song

[@Broomrider1492]

Grew up with Simon and Garfunkel. Granddaughter led me to Disturbed, and then I found Geoff Castellucci and he did a cover of this. Geoffs' cover won't be blocked as he is independent and does everything himself. I absolutely love the original and both covers.

[@jamienordmeyer4345]

David has a beautiful voice when he wants it to be. Disturbed has done several balad type songs, and they're all just beautiful! But I love his hard stuff too! Stupify is still one of my favorites!

[@steve9199]

The live version he did on Conan was pretty epic too.

[@WatchingFromWork6636]

He sang that on Conan while sick as hell as well.

[@SweetMelissa1775]

Yes that was great!!

[@Kouriame]

Your understanding of the lyrics on the level that you do is such an intellectual, emotional and mental turn on. I love that you can actually talk about the song and what it means and also compare it to the real world as it is now, versus what it was like back when it was originally written, as if the original artists knew the world would become what it has become today.

[@Mr.Misfit2814]

One of my favorite cover songs! You would think a total metal rock song, but no that got the solemn respect it needed for it! Great job Disturbed!

[@genarogilormino2139]

Absolutely beautiful ❤ the best cover ever

[@blameit6]

He didn't just sing it he made you feel the words in the song.

[@mikehamme514]

Thanks!

[@mikehamme514]

I really like your reaction and your breakdown on the first listen.I’m a huge fan of blue oyster cult since 1972,could you play the classic song don’t fear the reaper? Thanks

[@BenjaminRowe-hz8tx]

This is my favorite cover of sound of Silence. I love to watch your facial expressions as you listen to the songs.

[@paul4124]

I grew up with Simon and Garfunkel, l’d always thought their songs could never be covered well. Until l heard this version, which l heard on Ken Bruce’s radio two morning show, back in the UK about ten years ago. I was totally blown away by it and to this day still am. IT IS THE BEST VERSION EVER. ❤🇦🇺

[@omarescamilla1644]

The emotion on your face was great. A powerful song!

[@kevinmitchell7821]

This is the best cover of a really nice song. The way the tempo picks up throughout the song is amazing and is on all of my playlists,

[@larrybutler8948]

3 brilliant sisters Called The Warning wrote a song called XXI century Blood. They were pre-teen and one was a young teen when they wrote this. The Music Video won 4 out of 8 awards. They are showing no one listened to Paul Simon. 3 Sisters from Mexico that are rocking the world right now.

[@brianslifeafterstroke5990]

love your facial reactions to his voice/song they exhubit more than what could be spoken...🥰🥰🥰

[@Darkstar72SR]

A band called ‘Bad Wolves’ covered ‘The Cranberries’ “Zombie” a few years ago. It is my absolute favorite cover of any song. Highly recommend listening to it and checking out the video. 🤘

[@sharks4330315]

That cover isn't bad but the cranberries are still better.

[@jamiehayes5888]

Very good cover I'm on the fence on if it is better than the cranberries. I think if I am pissed then bad wolve is the one but in general cranberries is a better song.

[@Tjay0716]

One of my favourite songs! Huge Disturbed fan 👍👍👍

[@karlbecker8775]

One of the best covers ever, IMO. Another of my favorite covers is Shinedown doing the song Simple Man.

[@infodotcom4012]

His Voice...... Worth dying for ❤️ Love it! One of a kind.

[@arconreef]

This song is about the failure of communication in modern society. "People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening." In other words, people are not making a genuine effort to understand people they disagree with. Instead, they demonize them and dunk on them on social media. Paul Simon truly was prophetic when he wrote those lyrics back in the 1960s.

[@eevan11]

This song is based on a American officer in word war 2 and the speech he gave to the German people that were next to a " Death camp" for the jews. When it was discovered what had happened there , the people protested that they had nothing to do with it. His response was that by being silent they gave strength to the Nazis,. " Silence like a cancer grows" Bad things grow in strength and power when no one speaks out and it's greatest ally is "The sound of Silence" When he became aware of the speech and wrote this song at such a young age is just simply mind blowing.

[@joshkeddy2314]

Watching your reaction makes me wish I could hear this for the first time again, this is probably my favourite cover of a song of all time!

[@ZombieJesus1987]

Disturbed does a fantastic cover of Genesis' The Land of Confusion. Worth checking out!

[@johnjwedrall4290]

I found your channel today and subscribed to it today. Thanks for sharing this beautiful voice of this man ❤

[@boqndimitrov8693]

amazing voice! and a cover that totally surpasses the original. ❤

[@emmetzet]

thank you so much for letting the song play through and adding your reaction around it! *hugs*

[@thescourgeofathousan]

This song was written as a warning of a future they saw coming. In this version I think David’s singing is illustrating anger that we let it come to pass despite the warning.

[@sunshynff]

Actually Paul wrote it in his bathroom with the lights off, and the lyrics were just different things he picked up in English Lit class that sounded brooding and full of angst, to impress the ladies, that's the extent of it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpWXpGCIjq2gn5osi=wlXXIUvmacVx3QJP

[@billsharich7466]

He put so much emotion in the song. Excellent cover!

[@TigermaskenRH]

I can’t recommend The vengeful One from Disturbed enough, it’s definitely one of my favorite songs and music videos of all time. 😄

[@Greg_Andrews]

You have a smart group of people recommending these great songs for you! This is my eighth in a row of your videos and still going. Great job Lilly Jane!

[@johnthegreek5836]

Disturbed’s cover is a masterpiece, this video also portrays the meaning of the lyrics, Simon & Garfunkel version was a warning and Disturbed’s version is we better get our act together

[@nenageorge4957]

This palcony of generations...

[@phantomf4747]

I'm pleased to see you react to this the way many others have. I too, to this day still feel that shiver when I hear it. The power is undeniable. Full transparency, I'm a HUGE Disturbed fan. That said, as someone to was diagnosed with and lives with PTSD this song was golden to me. "The Sound of Silence" from my point of view is the words not said when something was needed. In that space, your mind fills in the blanks, or in this case. the silence. Glad you enjoyed this. David is an amazing vocalist but is 100% grounded and humble. So rare for a man with such talent and notoriety in this music space. Have a blessed day, -PhantomF4G

[@pressman1788]

Great reaction, song and performance!❤️ Live version from Conan is great too.

[@danielmeola3651]

Yes, wonderful

[@Daily-Inspiration-For-Life]

This song came out right about the time my wife passed. Hello darkness my old friend, indeed. I would listen to it over and over for months. I loved your reaction by the way. I really enjoy how you same songs from a variety of sources and different eras. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@baron7755]

1:40 yes, that is what we are saying

[@terrilawson2559]

I have listened to this a hundred times and still gives me goosebumps

[@eastvoll]

Another great cover you should check out is Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails.

[@JTCT371]

Disturbed gave The Sound of Silence the sound and vibe it was always meant to have. Its incredible.

[@tarisedai9573]

Disturbed covered Land of Confusion by Genesis and it was also brilliant. You should check out some of their other songs too. Stricken is a great one to start with.

[@krimke881]

It's such a great example how a cover can elevate a song.. also a metal cover of such a song, just shows how freakin cool arrangement a metal band can do it! For that, I'm on constant alert for such covers.

[@Froggeth81]

As others have said, Disturbed also have an amazing cover of "Land of Confusion" by Genesis. I'd recommend the music video too it’s great!

[@sylvanaire]

I saw this video floating around YT for a long time before I deigned to watch/listen to it. I am a long time S&G fan & just couldn’t imagine anybody could do a better job w/the song than they could. But, I was curious & read a few of the comments & someone wrote that he took this on as a challenge to those who said he couldn’t sing, only scream & boy did he prove them wrong! Idk how true that is, but it got me to play the video & I was completely blown away! It’s one of my favorite covers now.

[@MsMegF]

If you liked this, you’ll love Hold On to Memories by Disturbed. Another beautiful balad.

[@patrick12721]

Lilly you should listen to the live version of this. It’s amazing how you can hear his vocal range.

[@ericswanson411]

Fun fact. When David and disturbed covered this song, I want to say it was on Conan. The difference between that time and the music video aside from it being live was David was very sick when he sang this on Conan. As for what song I think is a masterpiece or close to being a masterpiece. Other than this, it would have to be The Light by Disturbed.

[@jedislap8726]

How is that a "fun" fact?

[@ericswanson411]

@@jedislap8726 it's just an expression.

[@jasonbolen5232]

Excellently done definitely one of my favorite songs of their's, another one is. The Light.

[@michellemiles9966]

You should check out the Nine Inch Nails cover of Hurt that Johnny Cash did. You might want some tissue handy though, just maybe. It's profound and powerful. Similar to Disturbed's S&G cover, it hits harder than the original. I think you'll like it.

[@michaelbowling2970]

Thank you, Lilly Jane, I just met you today. I would really love to see your reaction to Pentatonix doing this song. IMO the best one yet. Thanks again.

[@Aubrey_Yates]

The Conan O'Brien live version is also epic. Even though they auto-tuned him and David was livid when he found out.

[@WatchingFromWork6636]

Completely unnecessary as well. He sang it the way he did for a reason, with purpose.

[@ryanellsworth7246]

Surreal yet haunting! An instant classic! Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!

[@metalmark1214]

Masterpiece songs Alter Bridge - Blackbird Live at Amsterdam Queenryche - Silent Lucidity Lovebites - Frozen Serenade 2021 Live in Tokyo with lyrics Testament - Return to Serenity (lyrics video) 6:32 min Triumph - Fight the Good Fight Live at 1983 US Festival

[@Sog8045]

I 100% agree with Queensryche-Silent Lucidity. That song is epic and I do not think anyone will ever do it better than the original! Excellent callout.

[@DrJ4712]

Love your reaction! New sub here! And you got the message! I love your green and black motif!😊❤

[@Thanewguy40]

not bad for a 50+ year old song. its a tear jerker.

[@littlemudlost]

it will be 60 next year

[@WheresWaldo05]

I am a huge music buff. I spent multiple years searching for and downloading all the greatest songs (in my opinion) ever made. Hundreds and hundreds of hours searching for songs i had heard but had no clue who even sang them. 2700+ songs and 800+ artists later i still could not tell you what any song is about. And really dont know many of the words outside of the chorus'. Cause to me, quite frankly, the words do not even matter. They could be any words. It's the beats and music that makes or breaks songs to me. As long as the words sound like they fit to the music. You can't beat an epic score/beat. Or even the tonality of the singer. So when i say this song is beyond epic.... you know i mean it.

[@hermunkulus]

The live version on Conan is even better

[@johndoheny1126]

Simon & Garfunkel released that song in 1964, then re-released in 1965 with some differences. That was back during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement when our country was really in chaos. Folk songs were more of the hippie (I was one!) approach to many of the social ills at the time. It was powerful then but in it's own soft spoken way. All of a sudden, here comes Disturbed with a new version. It's as if nothing has changed but the frustration about the social state of things has evolved into rage! Disturbed does an amazing job of illustrating that. It is powerful and more intense, 60 years later, and this version of it conveys it in an exponentially more alarming truth. It's as we've learned nothing in 60 years! Thank you!

[@garymartin7258]

this is one of the few remakes made better,

[@warr1973]

This, and cashes hurt

[@jasonregister3494]

I love that you touched your heart. Because that's where it hit you. ❤

[@lancemarteen86]

This is simply beautiful. Kinda like you. Great reaction! Keep em coming.

[@thekrls1]

A reaction to any song that only gets paused one single time, at the beginning, just speaks volumes on how powerful the art is. Definitely captivating 💯

[@michaelharrison8920]

This is one of the best versions of This beautiful classic I ever heard brilliant 🤩

[@geoffyoung7822]

Every time I hear David sing this I'm covered in goosebumps and shivers down my spine .

[@elvishemeon389]

The Hollies , "The Air That I breath" . Beautiful Love Song .... one hit wonder :)

[@quietrobert2010]

I've been deep diving your videos, and you're awesome 😊

[@DavidDeetz-e4w]

Lilly jane, i just can't get enough of you and your videos, i been your biggest fan for as long as i can remember, i love and support you so much Lilly jane. ❤️

[@janicecrosbybarker-fv3ib]

Love this band and David's voice is incredible I am fully in to this song addiction to it fantastic 😊but ❤